About Sherry Langland

I purchased a DSLR camera two years ago, took an introductory course, and began to use my camera – sporadically. Needless to say, the quality of my pictures was hit and miss. While I have learned a few things, I … Continue reading →

Soon the hallways and classrooms will be bustling with the first day chaos of students returning to school. Some kindergartners will be crying and clinging to their parents, and some parents will be crying and clinging to their kindergartners. Elementary … Continue reading →

Did you know that Google built an artificially intelligent computer that defeated the world champion in Go, a game that is considered much more complex than chess? And programmers did not explicitly ‘teach’ the computer the game. Instead it used the human brain’s neural networks … Continue reading →

Marking student writing can be challenging. It’s not like there is one right answer like there is in math. So it is understandable that there is some variability in marks when we assess student writing. But, how much variability is … Continue reading →

One thing about Teacher’s Convention is the opportunity to catch up with former colleagues and to meet new colleagues who work outside your district. Usually the conversations are about how things are going at each other’s schools. One conversation in particular left me … Continue reading →

One of the sessions I went to during our recent Teacher’s Convention was a panel discussion about trends in education. There were four panelists, a former premier and minister of education, an ATA executive officer and adjunct professor of Education at … Continue reading →

Recently, I had an opportunity to lead in a restorative justice session. A student had sent out inappropriate emails to several other students. And, the emails had been sent out using another student’s email account and password that he had found. Thankfully, our IT … Continue reading →

Last spring I approached my principal and assistant principal about having our junior high students bring their own devices to school. Our student population was growing, most of the junior high classes were in portables away from the main building, and … Continue reading →

That’s me in the picture, with all those handsome young men! How did I end up there, you ask? Well, it all started with a couple of friends of mine who somehow seem to persuade me into doing things that … Continue reading →

In June, our grade 7, 8, and 9 students wrapped up a second running of the Cursor and Curiouser project (I first posted about it here last year), and what a round it was. We’ve had some successes and challenges along the … Continue reading →